The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-26
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His Opinion of Booms.
From the Dakota Bel


''Ya-es," said a man with beard which
closely resembled a rusty woven wire mat
tress that has been rolled together as a
scroll and then struck by lightning, ''ya-es,
these ere booms may be all right, then az in
they mayn't."
He sighed and led us over in a corner away
from the crowd and continued:
Perhaps they be, then perhaps they
bent. was up here ter Dakota town
hain't all they're blowed up ter be. No, sir,
not by big sight.
''W'y, / went inter tibet air town an /
was standin' thar chawin' boughten ter
hacker when all at once l hears dog fight
erround the corner an maturity | legs it
GROUND bout as fast as ] could hump COM
for'ably SOS ter git erhead o. the crowd, but
! might jes' as well o saved my muscle cos
thar didn't no crowd come. No, sir It
was as pertty fight as we ever seed but
was the only witness.
"My friend, this hain'tno time for levity-
/ stood thar an them dogs fit an rolled an
jest howled an ] was the only represen'tive
of a degenerate an boom-struck race ter
watch and encoT<age 'em!
~ stood thar by them dogs, my friend,
an / wept-yes, sir, Pm not ersbamed ter
say wept. An while wept an them dogs
hunted for each others juggler vein the un-
fee!in' populace rushed past an plated new
additions, an sold corner lots, AM run boss
railroads out inter the back counties an got
eastern spectators inter poker games
"While / stood thar an done what / con-
sdered was my duty ter encourage sport,
they, unfeelin' critters, Organized board Nv
trade!
"When / wept they snorted when pulled
the biggest dog off by the tail they opened
their mouths back 60 their ears and doomed
"They shouted themselves hoarse over "a
bonus fer a new groc'ry store while | said
'be still, sad heart an lifted the smallest
dogs hind legs out NV a baIb-wire fence.
"Where two short months ago every citi-
zen in town would "a come an watched the
fight an j'ined with me in shown them
dogs agin each other, now the meanest NV
them would not listen to my entreaties to
stop an pretic'pate, but drew themseles up
haughtily and said: Cease, You old blear
eyed jail bird--let the dogs fight from July
TO eternity, thar is no noble thing but sellln'
real estater And they folded their hands
under their coat tails an put their noses up
in the air an walked away.
$50 We see, friend, that whom at last the
little dog chawed up the big 'un alone was
thar ter slip the collar oirn him an take
his dead body tenderly by tho tail am snake
it up inter alley an leave il near the post
Office.
''Pardner, | may be trottin' in the wrong
class, the stream chat gurgles past my hum.
BILE door may not be the black, braclzish, al
kali torrent of Bitter creek; / may be
weak as water, poor as hen-grass, an with
a spongy intellect mellow as a boxin glove,
but l tell We what ] don't take no stock in
these ERE booms They break up estab-
lished social customs, cause men to wear a
foot olf'n each leg in the scramble ter UNI
load real estate an warp am corrupt idees Of
what constitutes true happiness"
He wiped his eye on his sleeve, took
large drink at our expense and dIifted out
into the lonely night